Cash transfer programs and agricultural production: the case of Malawi
研究了马拉维社会现金转移计划对农业生产的影响，发现该计划增加了农户的农业资产、农场劳动时间和自产食物种类，减少了作为应对机制的雇佣劳动，表明现金转移能帮助极端贫困农户扩大农业生产。
Abstract Cash transfer programs are increasingly utilized to combat poverty and hunger while building the human capital of future generations; however, they have been faulted by some for failing to build the productive capacity of current generations. This article analyzes the impact of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme on agricultural production. The results show strong increases in ownership of productive agricultural assets, in time devoted to household farms, and in food types consumed from own production, coupled with a sharp decrease in ganyu labor, which is often used as a coping mechanism once food stores have been depleted. These results are most likely achieved by helping farmers overcome credit and liquidity constraints. This research shows that cash transfer programs can help the capacity of extremely poor farm households to expand agriculture production even if the goal of the program is focusing on other dimensions of poverty.